and "who is the greatest pop folk musician ever?" If you know enough about the genre, please vote based on the quality of the band's music instead of just voting for the most popular pop folk bands that you might've heard of.
Newton was a fellow of Trinity College and the second Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He was a devout but unorthodox Christian who privately rejected the doctrine of the Trinity. Unusually for a member of the Cambridge faculty of the day, he refused to take ...
warner bros., 1979 formed in 1977, gang of four combined marxist politics with punk rock. they played staccato guitar-driven funk, and the stiff, jerky aggression of songs such as “damaged goods” and “i found that essence rare” invented a new style that influenced bands from the ...
The deprivation of being stuck in a New York hotel room and not being able to go provided me with an intense angle on Woodstock. I was one of the fans. I was put in the position of being a kid who couldn't make it. So I was glued to the media. And at the time I was going...
and E.S.T. played to an incredible crowd of 1.6 million fans — many of whom were angry locals who needed to let off some serious steam because of the political unrest. All the rage and emotion on the airfield that day, coupled with a few legendary rock bands, made for one incredible...
The Spanish festival was banned for much of the 1950s, but in 1957 locals protested with a mock funeral, carrying a coffin with a giant tomato inside as bands played a funeral march. Eventually the powers-that-be relented, and La Tomatina has grown into a huge tourism draw in the decades...
FormerCradle of Filthguitarist Stuart Anstis, who played on the band'sDusk and Her EmbraceandCruelty and the Beastalbums, died at age 48 on Aug. 21. He first joined the gothic black metal band in 1995, one year after Cradle of Filth's debut album,The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, was...
Who played the title role in most episodes of The Lone Ranger on TV? Who was the first host of NBC's Tonight Show ? Who, in 1954, was the first to run a mile in less than four minutes? Rooms at Motel 6 once cost $6 a night. Which of the following was NOT one of the U.S...
Marquis Who’s Who (MWW), the world’s leading biographical publisher, has released its annual list of America’s Most Influential People for the 2020 year. The 120-year-old biographical publisher recognizes leaders and pioneers who shaped a challenging
Corporation, which moved production to Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1966. As the folk scene quieted, a new generation of folk-rockers took Guild guitars on stage. The most notable Guild performance of that era was on the D-40 that Richie Havens played when he opened the Woodstock Festival ...